DOT Fines... Ouch

I just got back from court tonight for some DOT tickets. We had 4 tickets.

1. Mowers not strapped. (I knew they should be)
2. No warning triangles (I had been meaning to get them)
3. Inspection sticker was a photo copy since the real one was in the other truck. Can't use copies for the inspection stickers, only for registrations.
4. Gas cans in the trucks exceeded the 8 gallon max, vent caps were off, and cans not strapped down.

If your trailer doesn't have a cage around it and it is a flatdeck trailer the mowers should be restrained some way.

I don't know what you need warning triangles for they are only meant for if you break down. I do have some in my truck I always had a triangle set behind the seat they come in a plastic box with I think 3 triangles.

As for gas cans they have to be capped and not able to tip over. I never seen a gas can that was larger than 5 gallons. Empty gas cans most people just toss them in the back of the pickup box loose and off they go.

The DOT has given carpenters fines for insecure loads hauling couple 2x4s by 10 or 12 in the box with the tailgate up.

I never gotten any DOT fines for loads etc knock on wood and I have hauled some ugly looking loads on my trucks. In the 15 years I never had a load fall off my truck.